论近代哲人对中西民族特性的比较

近代哲人对中西国民性、对中西民族特性的比较是中西文化比较中重要的深入的层面。甲午战争以前,一些先进的中国人开始敏锐地感觉到中西民族特性的差异;戊戌变法到辛亥革命期间,严复等人对中西国民性的同异进行了更为深入的对比;这种比较在五四时期达到高潮,此后一直延续。近代各家对中西差异的认识颇为接近,但在最终结论上却有很大差别。启蒙思想家、自由主义者与激进主义者贬中扬西,而文化保守主义者则褒中贬西。

On the Comparisons Between Chinese and Western National Traits by the Modern Sages

The Modern sages had touched the kernel of cultural comparisons between China and the Western countries when they compared Chinese and Western national traits.Before the Opium War,thinkers of foresight began to perceive the differences between Chinese and Western national traits.From Wuxu Constitutional Reform to Xinhai Revolution,Yan Fu and others made deep comparisons between China and Western national charaters.During the May 4th Movement,such comparisons reached a climax.Then the tradition still kept on.